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Babatunde Lawal Salako[edit]
Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako | |
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| Born | 23 July 1959 (age 64) Ota, Ogun State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | University of Ibadan |
| Occupation | Director-General |
| Organization | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) |
| Title | Professor of Nephrology |
| Spouse | Mrs Saidat Abiola Abiodun Salako |
| Awards | MBBS (Ibadan), FWACP, FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCP (London), MNIM |
Babatunde Lawal Salako (born 23 July 1959) is a Nigerian Professor of Nephrology and serves as an Honorary Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
He currently serves as the Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of London, and was the Provost of the College of Medicine, the University of Ibadan.
He was elected as the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Oyo State in in 2002 and he served till 2004. From 2012 to 2014,he served as an Assistant Editor-in-chief of African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences.[1]
Early life and Education[edit]
Babatunde Lawal Salako was born on 23 July 1959 in Ota, Ogun State. He attended Ansar-ud-deen Practicing School, Ota and Ansar-ud-deen Secondary Modern School, Ota, for his primary and secondary education respectively. He studied at the then Kwara State College of Technology for his basic studies gaining admission in 1979; and then graduated in 1981.[2]
He obtained his MBBS degree at the University of Ibadan in 1986 and subsequently completed his one-year internship at the Lagos State Health Management Board.[3]
For his residency training, he joined the Department of Medicine of the University College Hospital, where he obtained the Fellowship of West African of Physician in 1994.[4]
Career and Research[edit]
Babatunde Lawal Salako started his career as a lecturer and consultant nephrologist in the Department of Medicine and subsequently became an honorary Consultant Physician and Nephrologist to the University College Hospital, Ibadan in 1996.
In 1996, he became a senior lecturer, a Reader (2003) and a Professor in 2006. He was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 2014 and the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2016.[5]
He has won many local and international Fellowships and research grants which include;
- the World Heart Federation Fellowship (2000).
- the University of Ibadan Senate Research Grant.
- the MacArthur Research Grant.
- United States’ National Institute of Health, NIH, through the Kidney Disease Research Network Consortium.
- a Co-Principal Investigator on the National Institute of Health grant on Genetics of Hypertension in Blacks: Recruitment of Hypertension Cases for Genome-Wide Association Studies in collaboration with the Department of Public Health Sciences of the Loyola University, Chicago, United States.[1]
- a site principal investigator in the Human Heredity in Health grant on kidney disease research network in collaboration with University of Michigan USA and the University of Ghana.
He has served as a visiting Nephrologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom (2007) and still a visiting Professor to the Nephrology Division of the Medical School, University of Michigan, United States since 2015. He currently serves as the Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos; having been appointed in 2016 by the former President and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria; Muhammadu Buhari.[1]
He has worked on several researches and written many articles.[5][6]
Awards and Honors[edit]
He was awarded a Fellow in 2000, at the World Heart Federation 33rd International Teaching Seminar Lake Baringo, Kenya. He was also given an award of excellence and commitment to Medical Practice by the Board and Management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria (in 2008); for his contribution in the first successful kidney transplantation at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Personal life[edit]
He is married to Saidat Abiola Abiodun with 3 children.[1]
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Babatunde Salako". Impact Africa Summit. 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2019-07-23). "Salako at 60: Tough trip to the top". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ Kasali, Segun (2022-08-07). "Providence brought me into medical profession —Salako". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ Saanu, Sunday (2022-07-20). "Evaluating Salako's story at NIMR". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ a b Opinion (2022-07-22). "Evaluating Salako's success story at NIMR". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ "Babatunde Lawal Salako". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.